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12 Cards in this Set
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Sivapithecus indicus
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Miocene. India. Orangutan ancestor. Large canine and molars. Ate seeds and grasses.
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Gigantopithecus blacki
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Miocene. huge. coexisted with humans for a time.
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis
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6 mya. mosaic traits. u shaped dental arch. heavy brow ridge.
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Orrorin tugenensis
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5 mya. small teeth. chimp size. bipedal and arboreal.
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Ardipithecus ramidus
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4 mya. divergent large toe. biped found in forest and disproves savanna theory.
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Australopithecus anamensis
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4 mya. mosaic traits. bipedal. sagittal crest. robust. boisei.
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Australopithecus afarensis
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2 mya. lucy. survived for 1 mill. years. gracile. strong sexual dimorphism.
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Homo habilis
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1-2 mya. first homo ancestor. Gracile. olduwan tools. 50 percent larger brain capacity than australopithecines.
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Homo erectus
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Pleistocene. 1.8 mya. first out of africa. hunter. fire. no art. tall. turkana boy. acheulian tools. expanded brain enabled sophisticated tool making. awls.
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Homo heidelbergensis
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ancestor to neandertal and early humans. larger brain capacity. buried dead. crystal hand axe.
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Homo neanderthalensis
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ice age species. cranial capacity larger than us 1530 cc. complex mousterian tools. speech. early expression of art. buried dead and grave goods. close proximity hunting. rodeo clowns.
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Homo floresiensis
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50-70,000 ya. hobbit people. Indonesia. product of island dwarfing. coexisted with us for a time.
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